Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1912 and the college archive adds: 'Yvo Ellis was born in Southampton and attended Rossall School in Lancashire where he won a scholarship in 1908. He entered Worcester College in October 1913 as a classical scholar, but the following year he applied for a commission on the outbreak of the First World War. Yvo Ellis’ service commenced in October 1914 and he joined the 13th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment which in 1915 was stationed on the Isle of Wight. In April 1916 the regiment was sent to France and Lieutenant Yvo Ellis was subsequently killed in action near Bethune on 29 May 1916.'